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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ben Johnson acknowl-
dged taking three different types of medication, in-
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ore his now-disgraced Olympic 100-meter race, a
loctorin the doping control office said Wednesday.
Dr. Lee In-joon added, however, that use of these
Mis: | rU g S f or therapeutic purposes is permitted, and John-
on “never told me he had taken any anabolic steroids.”
“If used properly, as a therapeutic, that’s fine with
Lee, doping control coordinator for track and field
the Seoul Games, said in an interview with the Asso
rted Press. “Larger amounts than what we consider a
herapeutic level could be suspicious.”
After urinalysis revealed the presence of muscle-
imlding anabolic steroids, Johnson lost his gold medal
nd his 9.79-second world record and rushed back to
lanada. He told The Boston Globe, during the flight
rom Seoul, that he was innocent, but he has not pub-
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er of Johnson’s Olympic entourage, has administered
eroids to Johnson in the past and is a firm believer in
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eloronto airport. “He never told me he took any.”
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the stadium, but officials have said the drug tests did
lot bear out that defense.
rope later, he was in surprisingly “great shape,” his
coach, Charlie Francis, was quoted as saying this sum
mer. But Gerald Mach, head of the Canadian Track
and Field Association, said Francis always replied “abso
lutely no” to questions about possible drug use in con
nection with Johnson’s phenomenal improvements in
recent years.
Lee said that while waiting to be tested, Johnson dis
played none of the usual happy emotions of gold medal
winners.
He said he asked Johnson if he had taken any medi
cation in the three days before Saturday’s race, and
Johnson replied that he had taken three different
types, one of them an injection.
Some of the medication included “partially banned”
substances known as corticosteroids, Lee said, but John
son said the medication was for therapeutic purposes.
The International Olympic Committee announced
only the finding of anabolic steroids. IOC spokeswo
man Michele Verdier said the presence of one banned
drug is enough for disqualification, without analysis for
any other substances.
Lee said Johnson never even mentioned the gold
medal. He said Johnson had to spend about IV2 hours
in the waiting room where athletes go if they are unable
to produce a urine sample immediately.
Lee said athletes are observed during urination to
ensure that no other sample is substituted. The athletes
then divide the sample into “A” and “B” bottles and seal
the bottles, which are coded so that the laboratory has
no idea who produced the sample, he said.
In raising the possibility of a spiked drink, Johnson’s
agents said Johnson found a smelly, sticky substance at
the bottom of his sarsaparilla bottle, but it later was
washed out by Astaphan.
Lyle Makosky, the top sports official of the Canadian
government, said that based on the laboratory results
for Johnson, “the tampering option is no defense.”
“This particular result, which is technically and scien
tifically solid, shows extended or repeated use over
time” of anabolic steroids, Makosky added.
The chemical found in the test already had been bro
ken down by natural processes in the body, which
would not have been the case if it had been in a drink
taken only hours before the doping test, he said.
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DeLoach triumphs over idol Lewis;
;wo Houston runners stay friends
BAY CITY (AP) — Joe DeLoach,
ic new Olympic champion in the
"meters, said he hopes his victory
ver Carl Lewis —his roommate,
lining partner and idol — im-
roves his stead in the track and
eld world.
‘Everyone was picking Carl to
in. I would have picked him, too.
ut now I feel I’ll be respected as
ne of the great sprinters of the
odd,” DeLoach told the Bay City
ribune in a telephone interview
om Seoul. “
“I don’t think I can follow in
lad’s footsteps,” DeLoach said, a
hours after breaking Lewis’
llympic and American records.
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e’rethe same but I’m not trying to
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hat I want. I want to establish
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In the Olympic Trials, DeLoach
became the first person in two years
to beat Lewis in the 200 meters. But
skeptics weren’t convinced. Network
television coverage of the race fo
cused on Lewis and his bid to repeat
as a quadruple gold medalist in the
Olympics.
DeLoach and Lewis trained to
gether at the University of Houston,
fish together at Bay City and —
according to DeLoach’s father, Joe
Sr. — are as close as brothers.
Lewis took a two-meter lead com
ing out of the curve in Seoul on
Wednesday, but DeLoach caught
him with 20 meters to go. As Lewis
turned his head to look, DeLoach
surged ahead at the 10-meter mark
and leaned forward at the line to win
in an Olympic record time of 19.75
seconds. Lewis was clocked in 19.79
for the silver medal.
“I knew I would run well after my
semifinal heat,” DeLoach said. His
time of 20.06 in the prelims was the
fastest of all semifinalists.
Lewis told reporters after the
race, “Joe just ran a tremendous
race. I feel very good for Joe and
very proud of him. But he’s done it
himself.”
DeLoach says Lewis has provided
inspiration and motivation for him.
In earlier years, a young DeLoach
used to plead with his parents to take
him to Houston to watch his hero
run at meets.
Lewis, who ran for the University
of Houston, also visited DeLoach at
Bay City, which the NCAA declared
a recruiting impropriety. DeLoach
signed a track and field letter-of-in-
tent with UH, but was ruled ineli
gible for a year. As a result, DeLoach
competed as an individual or for the
Houston Track Club during his
freshman year at UH.
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ppearing to be willing to settle for a
lossible tie, but changed his mind
ndwent for the touchdown.
Tech rushed only three lineman,
t "itl 1 ® lowing Hargett to scan the field for
he po^n open receiver. Finding none, he
jrinted to his left, then veered
larply to the right and headed to
he end zone.
No fewer than five Red Raiders
are W based him, but only defensive end
eorge Cox appeared to have the
on Hargett.
Near the five yard line Cox sud-
lenly disappeared, having been
runched by running back Larry
d SM itegent’s block. Stegent had been in
he end zone but came out once he
aw that Hargett was in trouble.
Hargett ran into the end zone
iboutone yard from the corner flag,
letting off a wild celebration on the
eld involving Aggie players and
ans alike.
The referees cleared the field so
hat Riggs could kick the final point,
then the celebrating began in ear
nest.
“After those three rushers got
past me, there was a clear field to the
goal line,” Hargett said. “I guess I
cleared the flag by about three
yards.”
Hargett thanked Stallings for let
ting the Aggies go for the win, and
Stallings replied, “You know that I
wouldn’t have gone for the tie.”
Following the game several Tech
fans and players were enraged, say
ing that Stegent had clipped Cox
(who had to have knee surgery the
following day).
“I’m not buying that clipping busi
ness,” the somber King told the as
sembled press about two hours later.
“A&M won fair and square.”
The victory gave new life to Har
gett and company, as A&M pro
ceeded to astound the sports world
by winning its remaining six games.
Included in the streak were the
Aggies’ first win in nine tries against
Arkansas Coach Frank Broyles (33-
21, with the winning touchdown
coming on a pass from Hargett to
fellow junior Tommy Maxwell) and
their first victory after 10 consec
utive losses to Texas’ Coach Darrell
Royal (10-7, with the winning touch
down coming on an 80-yard pass
from Hargett to Long).
Then A&M took on Stallings’ old
coach, Bear Bryant, and whipped
the Bear 20-16 in the Cotton Bowl.
As had become customary, the
touchdown that put the Aggies’
ahead for good was a pass from Har
gett, this time a short one to Max
well.
Curiously enough, A&M’s games
with Tech in 1966 and 1968 mir
rored Hargett’s college career. He
passed for two touchdowns and ran
for one in the Aggies’ 35-14 win in
1966, the first time A&M had scored
at least 30 points in 49 games (the
last coming against Tech in 1961,
38-7).
Two games later, Hargett again
tossed two touchdown passes and
ran for another, leading the Aggies
to a 35-7 win over TCU.
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